District 1 commission seat is the only contested county race in May primary

One elected office in Washington County and one legislative seat in District 9 will be contested in the primary election on May 19.
 Friday was the deadline to submit declarations of candidacy for elected offices. Two Republicans filed for the District 1 seat on the three-member county commission, setting up a contest to be decided by GOP voters in the May primary.
 Incumbent county commissioner Lisa Collini is seeking re-election to a second term on the board. She faces challenger Lyndon Haines in the May 19 primary.  
 Other county offices up for election this year saw all of the incumbents file for re-election but no challengers.
 District 2 county commissioner Nate Marvin filed for a second term. Sheriff Matt Thomas filed for re-election and so did prosecuting attorney Delton Walker. All three incumbents filed as Republicans.
 There is still the opportunity for candidates to file as a write-in until April 21 for partisan offices. Their names will not appear on the May 19 primary ballot.
 All three state legislators that represent District 9 filed for re-election by Friday’s deadline with the secretary of state and two have challengers – one in the May primary and one in the general election in November.
 District 9 takes in all of Adams, Washingon and Payette counties and a portion of Canyon County.
 Incumbent Rep. Ryan Kerby, R-New Plymouth, has been challenged in the May 19 primary by Jim Smith, a Fruitland businessman and gym owner who is seeking the Republican nomination.
 Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, faces Democrat Allen Schmid in the November election.  
 Schmid, a Fruitland-area rancher, farmer, veteran and small business owner, ran against Kerby in the 2018 general election for the District 9, Seat B, in the Idaho House. In 2016, he challenged Boyle for Seat A in District 9.
 Incumbent District 9 Sen. Abby Lee, R-Fruitland, also filed for re-election and was not challenged in the primary.
 Congressman Russ Fulcher, a first-term Republican representing Idaho’s 1st Congressional District, filed for re-election and has one Republican challenger in the May GOP primary. Two Democrats and one Libertarian filed to run in the November election against whoever wins the GOP nomination in May.
 U.S. Sen. Jim Risch has served in the U.S. Senate since 2009 and filed for re-election. Risch has no GOP challengers in the May primary, but two Democrats, one Independent and one Constitution Party candidate filed to challenge him in the November election.
 Voters will pick their party’s candidates for the November general election at the May 19 primary election.